diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 1a30770..ef3065e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 export default function semverRegex() {
-	return /(?<=^v?|\sv?)(?:(?:0|[1-9]\d{0,9}?)\.){2}(?:0|[1-9]\d{0,9})(?:-(?:--?|0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-z]+\d*)){0,100}(?=$| |\+|\.)(?:(?<=-\S+)(?:\.(?:--?|[\da-z-]*[a-z-]\d*|0|[1-9]\d*)){1,100}?)?(?!\.)(?:\+(?:[\da-z]\.?-?){1,100}?(?!\w))?(?!\+)/gi;
+	return /(?<=^v?|\sv?)(?:(?:0|[1-9]\d{0,9}?)\.){2}(?:0|[1-9]\d{0,9})(?:-(?:--+)?(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-z]+\d*)){0,100}(?=$| |\+|\.)(?:(?<=-\S+)(?:\.(?:--?|[\da-z-]*[a-z-]\d*|0|[1-9]\d*)){1,100}?)?(?!\.)(?:\+(?:[\da-z]\.?-?){1,100}?(?!\w))?(?!\+)/gi;
 }
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 1b1b7bf..5ebeb75 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -226,4 +226,12 @@ test('invalid version does not cause catatrophic backtracking', t => {
 		const difference = Date.now() - start;
 		t.true(difference < 50, `Execution time: ${difference}`);
 	}
+
+	for (let index = 1; index <= 30; index++) {
+		const start = Date.now();
+		const fixture = `0.0.1--${'--'.repeat(index)}\u0000`;
+		semverRegex().test(fixture);
+		const difference = Date.now() - start;
+		t.true(difference < 50, `Execution time: ${difference}`);
+	}
 });